FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920- . lfE'l‘l'l‘lO.\' FOR SECOND (‘Alf FERRY

The petition plepared by Messrs Tidmarsh and Rattenbuigv for the Charlottetown Board of Trade,‘ to be distributed throughout the province for signa- tures, anti afterwards to be presented to Hon. J. D. Reid, Minister of Railways and Mr. D. B. Hanna, President of the Canadian National Railways, pub- lished in full in Thursday’s Guardian, is a strong, dignified and reasonable document. It gives due cred it for what has already been accomplished for the betterment of railwayl transportation to and from the province and explains clearly and ulimistakeably that, in simple justice to this province, a second car ferry, as powerful as the present one, and the stan- dardization of the whole Prince Edward Island rail- way are needed and needed immediately, besides a generally better service both 0n the Island and on the line between Tormentine and Sackville.

.‘ . The case for the Island is soclearly and reason- ably put that only absolute inability on the part of the government to provide the means would furnish a reason for refusal. .

The petition will have the full endorsement of every person in the province and there should be no difficulty in securing all the signatures required.

‘ RE'l‘R()Sl‘li("ll ASND PROSPECT

Recent events in connection with provincial ad- ministration affairs, together with frequent out- bursts of indignation over wrongs, realor imaginary, necessarily induce enquiry into the past and spec-

[URRENT GGMMENT

The Patriot announces that the Falconwood report and‘ other infor- mation will be submitted Jo the legislature. . This admits an “un- written report.‘ Worse than this.

lit tacitly admits that its sensation-

al and inflamatory editorials were shameful distontlons of fact, or else that the government are shameful and inhuman in continuing the dis- graceful conditions then reported. Nearly seven months have elapsed and the aggregation of jndolence have apparently made no move to amend and repair although the ma- terial for repairs was on hand since last July. And now they tell us that the legislature, to meet at some unknown future date, will deal with the mutter. ’l‘he unfor- tunate patients must live in the 1168i hole and suffer all those lurldly described lniquitles, until tho logi- lature intervenes. The solons of government are incapable of grap- Dllllg with even an everyday ulatter of repairs. ‘

The)’ Bhifze that the opposition presg have not dared to publish the report. How convenient .thelr 111011101‘?! Read the burlesque in lhillr own cblumnspreated to shield themselves and cover up official culpability. When the Guardian ap- plied at the proper source, the gov- ernment offices for the report, wc wero told" that the Patriot had it. We went to that officc and it was not there. The editor was out, P70118111)’ had it in his pocket. The opposition press could not print a

U . , é ulation as to the future of the aggregation in whose dssgltigeiiilignailifl i hands the destiny, the fortune or the misfortune of available. We were lwl disposed " the province may be held for the next three or four 111 1911116 11 Search warrant for its t" year-S recovery as an important public i On the measure of the men comprising this ag- ::f,:“'f,“:‘, ,“°,‘ _ 1"’ Tm“ 5”“ A gregatioii everything depends and the measure is in ' ale] m“ "I" F J. no way assuring. Leaving out of consideration al- 1111101 Pllllell has been nomin- » c, together the means by which the government sec- “"1 w "Mei" T*~1111111111'1111- 01111- ". 1c ured its election, its promises, its representations ',"“ i?“ "Qtfile? "Y ‘h? """‘"§_°” , and its misrepresentations let us look at some of o” [ill-h ("°ch"“ie' [he r . , _ l ventlon decided not rto continue l w their outstanding ofiiclal acts so far made public. Fniollist, and Ml". Pullcn will rlin The flFSt official ‘clCt 0f llllG GOV€Pf1n1ent as ll straight Conservative. 1 . W35 to refuse an increase of $150 to the salary of I“ heavy “Ta-Lu: volulnmlnls I} Professor Barlow, teacher in manual training in‘ ,,,.g,,m,,,,, m, 5.8mm, organdemm,_ ~ PFIHCE Of WHl€S College" B man \Vl'lOS8 SQPVICGS straled the strength of llie claims could not be replaced and for whom no successor olullswevlnce flsilinillheFederal I has yet been provided. Refusal of a paltry $150 drove‘ K111111118“! 1111" 1-‘01111191111111011 an __4-/._J’. Professor Barlow from the province. ' account of school lands. We are " The next official act was to discharge the gate n keeper of the Hillsboro Bridge, an elderly man who ,,.~,,,.,,,,,,.I m, my ,0 ,,,,,,,,,, m, l, had (10116 lllS duty faithfully, 311d t0 give i118 place to Patriot appeals. without a dissen- a political friend. Had this position been given to 1111s voice. l-lld almost without a returned soldier, of whom there were many to 11111111111 111° 11111111118111 111111161611 11 whom it would have been a godsend, the dismissal f,‘f,‘,‘,’,{°f,,‘}f.1?,,‘",,§§,“.,fl‘.1li§l.nJ§rii might have been overlooked, but the Bell Govern- chm o, ,.e',,._,,,,,,,,yg mud“, pmpa, in its appointments considered only its heelers and Gd to ‘give it endorsement. In all u SUPPOPLGPS. r ' its history did that paper ever be-l Their next official act was the discharge of Mr. 1°11’ @111” 5° 111111111“ 1111 11111111- f, James Landrigan, manager of the School “Supply and if“? m" ““'°"“'“‘“°‘.y ""8 m" . . . . . . uces not decide the issue. Our f, giving his place to a man who had neither training mm, mm, no, be cashed a, ma is for theposition nor any other claim than that he had Dominion treasury. Perhaps they S, stumped the country during the election campaign will say that our judgment is warp- it in the interest of the Bell candidates. There were 111 11v 11111111111" <11 1111111111111 1111111- b, many returned soldiers, some of them former school w" T1111 ‘1“°’1‘.‘°1‘ "11 "*1" ‘"1’ ‘?‘_“ t} teachers, wounded and otherwise disqualified for t, hard work, to whom this position with its salary of chm... and 6pm,“, h, “on,” $1,200 a year would have been a boon, but the Bell this money at ottnwni In the I, Government had no place there for returned soldiers " 1o And in addition to the injustice they, througlntheir organ, the Patriot, added insult to injury by braz- ‘W enly insinuating that Mr. Landrigan was not dismis- i sdections gs sedl Mr. Landrigan left the province with his dis- y '

_ ably $1,500 to $2000 a year.

missal notice, duly signed by the clerk of the Ex- evutive Council, in his pocket.

The fiasco in connection with Falconwood Hos- pital and Infirmary is still fresh in the minds of the people. With a great flourish of capital lettered scare heads in the Patriot “awful conditions” sani- tary and otherwise “discovered" by a Commission on February 9th were spread abroad. Not a word was said of t'he fact that, at the time of the visit of the Commission, material provided by the Arsenault Government last summer at a cost of $1,915.37 and consisting of the very requirements “discovered” by the commission to be wanting, had been lying un- touched and unused in the building since last July and August.

Added to all these is a report that a large con- signment of goods arrived the other day from Mon- treal for Falconwood, of which no explanation has been vouchsafed other than a statement made some days previously in the Patriot of an alleged great shortage of clothes and bedding in the hospital when the Bell Government came in. In formen-years these supplies had been purchased through local dealers.

And still the chapter is incomplete. The latest is that every dollar of insurance carried by the gov- ernment, and heretofore distributed among the dif- ferent local agents, has been withdrawn from all agents who do not openly profess alleg- iance to Mr. Bell and transferred to Mr. Higgs, one of the Liberal members in the Legislature, fordis- tribution among the faithful, of whom,he is chief. This insurance amounts to two or three hundred thousand dollars and the premiums will run to prob-

There are still other episodes in the brief his- ry of the Bell government which, with the partial above may serve to give us an idea of what is 1 to ‘for unlocking backward; as we con- ' - ban l.) pxclsimginl‘ .

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g Guardian Readers i

Furnished by W. S. Louson ‘ O-O-C GOOD HABITS TO FORM

Learn to take things as v come-without regrets".

There are two sides to life-the shadow side and the sunny side. Get the habit of travelling on the sulnny side. - ""3"

"Slpeak of the good and whole- some qualities of the people.

When you make a pronlise—— keep it. ‘When you set an ap- pointment, be illero—on the dot.

Occupy every minute of your waking day-to a purpose. To the idle is the Devil most friendly.

Associate Willi people bigger than yourself. Anti soon you will be big.

Shun a whinrr us, you would the plague. I

Save at leasl a third of what you earn-—und give part of that away.

Cultivate a cheerful frame ol mind a\d keep u fire of warmth in your heart at all times. Trouble is always peeping around the corn- er of the house in which a long face and a cold heart lives.

See something beautiful in every living thing.

When you have found your niche —fill it and stllwin it _ lBut keep inviting folks to come and call on you. l 'I‘ake time to eat and take care as to what you eat. Have an in- ward reverence for‘ the body in which yon live.-

SE ECT ONLY SUCH FRIENDS A8 U CAN BE TRUE T0.

they

THROUGH THICK AND THIN- AND CYCLONES.

Be alwaysmlndful of the inter- ests of others. TRY NOT T0

without

HURT THEIR. FEELINGS.

Never let a day pass"

self-examination. Leora to criti- elae yourself.

THE onnnnorrnrown GUARDIAN

meantime it would be wise not to launch extravagant expenditure on this expectation, not. until we get the money. ' -

Another pitiful wall comes from the Patriot ofllce. Our strictures have been severe, but ngedetLThey get away back to last summer's el- ection period to conjure up an ex- cuse for "false witness against his neighbor." Anti in that as usuahthey "put their foot in it." Was it not the false witness and false charges of taxes for school purposes, and debt and taxes for “highwaysfl and misrepresentation of every act of the Arsenault Government, that carried them into power? And is it not the “falae" promlscg which they‘ n ad's to the electorate, which they are toduy unable to fulfil that is the mlllstolle drllglng them down to political perditlon’! Yes_. we know it hurts and you feel it bad- ly, it was Solomon's advice. to “Spare the rod and spoil the child." We had to do lt and when you come to your senses you will thank us for the castlgatlon and the lesson it teaches, and acknowledge that it was for your good.

in theatrical excitement the even- ing organ exclaillis, “Heaven help us, was ever such excuse offered for neglect of truly '3" This in rel‘- crence to oul- statement that the “unwritten report" declared con- ditions at l-‘alconwood were the 01111111111’ wear, tear, and tlecnycus- tomary in all buildings; Tile editor must have been seeing double when he read our comment. We are not ln the excuse business. Nor would we attempt to palliate in any wily the criminal conduct of n govern- ment which perpetuated. as the Bell government has done, that iniquity painted in such black port- raiture by its own organ. Rather than excuse we have denounced and will continue lo denounce that shameful management which we "'1' "OW 101d i=1 l0 continue till pllrllnnlent finds for them n remedy.

Best Cigars Dar - For Anptiier Advance

"Fis ‘had ilclvs for cigar-smok-

ers that is spilled by Frederick J.

Haskin, the well-known. American correspondent. ‘after a. visit to the factories in Cuba. He says that prices nre going up, and if precgr]. ent is followed this ‘means also that qualities are going down. The only

difference is that the process may

be reversed. for it is customary

first for the quulity"to decline and lhen for the price to adlvance. The reason. of course, is the sarlie as the reason for all other advances. primarily ‘the increased cost ‘of ltdbor and raw materials. In the case of the good ‘Havana cigars the [chief raw material is tobacco, and leaf tobacco is advancing. The planters are soiling froln 50 per cent to 100 per cent more for their leaf than before the war, while the wages of thepclgar-makers have in- creased about 50 per cent in the past two years. A good cigar-mak- er must be a man of skill and ex- perience. He cannot be improvised in a couple of months. According to our standards these wages do not seem so formidable, since the best of the Cuban makers get only $7 a day, while others get as lit-_ tlo as $3, with less skilled labor receiving even smaller ipay. How- ever, money ls worth a. good deal more in Cuba than it is here-to the Cubans. »

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Vuelta Abajo

Nor is it possible to cope with increasing prices by greater pro- dnctlon. It is a curious fact that the tobacco for the superfine Hav- ana cigars can be grown in just one particular district of Cuba. and that is (he Vuelta Albajo dis- trict. Tobacco can lbe grown in practically all parts of the Island and in most parts of the temperate and tropical zones, but here and there are particular spots where a particular kind of leaf or flavored plant can be produced. There are parts of Virginia, of Carolina, of the Connecticut Valley, of Egypt. of Ontario and Quebec that have some mysterious quality ln the soil or atmosphere that gives to the tobacco grown l; particular qualitly. ln all the world there appears to be no other place like the Vuelta Abajo. And the soil (here is cul- tivated to the limit. Unless simil- ar districts are discovered in oth- er parts of the world it seems cer- tsin that there will never be any increase in the amount of real fill vans cigars. Since the demand is outmnnlng the supply, there is an- other reason for advancing prices.

The Morgan Cigar s

Mr. i-laskin is of opinion that there never has been any product of any one place so" widely distri- buted as the tobacco grown in the Vuelta Absjo "district, although one may annotate "that Burton-oll

Have sir-sud keep climbing-

‘tostfrlao Havana‘ eiflrs l0 an

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i Others’ View Points

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——-At forty, Edward L. Doherty. the oll king hadn't saved a dollar for each year of'lils age. Recently, we are told, he refused $225,000.- 000 for his personal hbldings in the gLlnl. companies lic controls.‘ His success all canle in the lust twen- ty-three years, and is a shining ex- ample oi’ wllayu man may solne- times do after reaching middle age. l: seems to disprove the belief that this is solely the young mall's day,

tiling, lie says, to go through‘ a shipping roolll in one of the grout factories and see tho packing cflsns consigned tn Asia, Africa, Europe anti Australasia. Tile cigars go out in great wooden packing cases, in- geniously sealed ‘wi-lll steel wires. The cigars are almost as good as currency in all parts‘ of the civill- zed world. and properly kept will never deteriorate. indeed, stocks of iiavaliaclgars are often men- tioned in Wills and sometimes pass through the handset’ several gell- t-rations. 'l‘he;e are stock sizes and standard ibrands, fiimillar to all slliokers, but more interesting are the special cigars “nlade for the connoisseurs to ‘whom money is no object. Tile late J. P. Morgan was u great cigar smoker, andlnaturally he had the lbest that was to be bought. The Morgan cigars were about ten inches long and cost in the factory a dollar apiece. When shipped to New York, where they arrived each one in a separate box. the cost would be about $3. A spe- cial cigar was also made for the tax-Kaiser, not so large or costly. and also for the Prlilcc of Wales. who smokes pipe, cigar and cigar- ttte willl equal pleasure.

The Largest Cigar

The most expensive cigar, now lilzldo is more than ii foot long and weighs ilearly twice as nlucll its the Slorglin cigar. Few of these giant cigars can he produced because it is only a rare leaf that is big cli- ougli to make lilo wrapper. lu- spectors are constantly on the watch for these special leaves. When the cigars are llnlshedthvy are shipped to a single dealer in Egypt, who pays a tiollar each for them at the factory. it is probable that they retail for $5 apiece, but who is the smoker has not ‘been dis- closed. They nre sold ill lots of ll thousand, and if there is a single purchaser lic must smoke several a day, judging by tlic frequency cl‘ the orders. The factory that turns out some of the lllost expensive cig- ars in tlic world had an unpleasant experience a few years ago. A valued customer, an Austrian of ex- alted rank, wrote saying in effect that his rank ‘was not to be com- pared with the rankilr-ss of ti cigar ill the last shipment. All examina- tion showed thlit he liad been smoking a piece of rubber which in some horrible manner had got into the cigar. It turned out to be only the harmless, necessary band which is used to hold the filler together llllfll the wrapper is applied.

Tobacco and Sugar

Production of Havana cigars is frequently hampered by strikes which are numerous, although judg- ed by Cuban standards, the cigar markers are the very aristocracy of labor. They have many privileges. For instance, in these factories one may see a hundred men at work. while perched above them in a sort of pulpit is an entertainer who reads aloud the papers or a chosen book or play. They smoke all they require. The man who makes -the Prince of lWales' cigars smokes the Prince of Wales’ cigars, and may- be his friends smoke them too. Nevertheless, the cost of living has hit them, and it said that in Hav- ann the advance has been 150 rper cent in the past three or four years. The island has enjoyed tremendous prosperity, chiefly due to the tre-' mendous demand for sugar, which with tobacco, forms (he chief pro- duct of lCuba. indeed thousands of acres of land previously used for the production of lower grades of tobacco have been‘ planted in sug- ar, lwhich its more easily produced and of late has been mucll more profitable.

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and that one not well on the way - to the top 1st thirty might as well-i Quit "i111: to clinlb. There are <1 many other cases of conspicuous success achieved ‘by prominent Am- ericans after the age of thirty.‘ They also show that. though a man may be reasonably along in years he may nevertheless efficiently hold t, down a big job. Thus we are told l by B. 1C. ‘Forbes in The People's Favorite Magazine. (New York.) that he once asked more than flvc thousand business intn to name the fifty foremost financial indus- trial, and mercantile giants in the United States. The average 115° of the fifty lnen named was sixty . one, and with ‘but two exceptions they had all made their mark after ‘ passing the thirtieth mile-stone. 1r

___..->e-- Straw hats, KEEPING-YOUNG

(Forbes Magazine)

.M0at people wailt to 310W-

Thcy would ll-ke to advance in their work, earn more, have great- er influence. do bigger things. ‘ ,

Yet, strange to any, the world is ‘ full of people who do not ‘lgmw 1111' | Tilt-y have lost the secret of their“ youthful gays. They conle (o a halt in self-development, and folks say they nre getting "old."

But a person is never old until lie quits growing: and he need not quite growing until the end of his i, years. >

The most conspicuous fact about great men-men who do big things,‘ and keep on doing them———ls that , they never cease growing.

They nre‘ perpetually young.

They have lilo real thing, of which Ponce de Leon's ‘Fountain of Youth’ ‘was ondy an imitation.

ll‘ a man sets his heart upon growing, he has ‘but three lhingfi lo do:

First, he must ‘be a learner all his life.

Then, he must be n ihinker-and must think hard.

Finally, he must be a docr. ‘Some people are long on think- ing but short on doing. >

They are dreamers.

Success and rewards always come to the person who continues to grow. butille greatest reward con- slSlS ill having found the secret than lliakes life continuousl)’ 111"?" eating.

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Which . have '

moderate prices. ,

attuactive and pretty.

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(Kentucky Star) Among the men iii ille first draft arrivals was a_ tall mountaineer. whose greatest difficulty came in memorizing the general orders for a sentry on post. On the first round the oilficer of (he day warned 111111 to ‘be sure to learn the orders be-

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Beautiful Spring Goods ’ Arriving Daily

S. A. MacDDNALDS

Ladies’ Ready to Wear Apparel Straw Hilts

early spring, ready to wear hats now on display. style and beauty com bined with becoming prices.

A- Childreus and infants llats and. Bonnets

_ ar rived _ are the pret- tiest we ever received, to suit all ages at very

’ Ladies and Childreus Spring Coats and Suits of New Yorlfs Newest Styllis "

Something entirely. different. They are smart,

The New Three Quarter Length Sport Coat With Patent Leather Trimmings

D will be a great hit this spring. Come and see

Beautiful Mivy Serge Dresses and Jersey Cloth ‘

With rich embroidery designs on back and bloused waist with braid and bead trimmings andsilk girdles.

, Silk Dresses

Stylish figured Poul ard, Lustrous Taffeta Silk, Silk Poplin, and Georgette with heavy embroidery trimming of various colors. 1

-,Blouses---The A Season's Smartest ‘Lines A large assortment to choose from in Georgottes, Silk Crepe

de Chenes, llabutai lSllk, flailnel with high neck, beltsleeves, all sizes, prices ranging from $1.95 to $15.00. l

b Meuaud Boys _ _ New Spring Suits lists and‘ Caps

the Springs smartest styles and best materials "you willfind here. Mens shirts, large stock t0

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fore his ilcxt tour of inspection. and, to make sure that he under- stood, repeated tlic orders word for word.

In the evening the O. D. on vislt- <

choose from in neat designs, and superior quality $144M to 15-3-00 ,

Extra Large Sizes in Men's Blue Suits

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qucstlonst-“Wliat gre your gener-

al orders?" . . The tall sentry rulniiiated for a

willie, and then llrawledl

"11 reckon you still knows ‘B111-

They ain't changed none since this

morning." THE KING'S 'MY"

(London Dally Express)

(m; (he post,_asked the customary 4

Another-King's Speech has been rend by the Sovereign at an im- pressive stage opening of Parlia- ment, and the "Dally Express veli- tures on a criticism without any fear of misunderstanding. ft is a criticism of literary style, of a re- current phrase, of the "my" which is so freely used on these occas- ions. There is here n0 411191111011 0f attachment to the "monarcliical principle or of loyal devotion to the person of n, ‘Sovereign who ha! earned in the fullest measure the respect and hearty affection of all his subjects. Rather, we would put -it that the criticism is inspir- ed by these very sincere senil- ment. Frankly, this "mWdMY Armies, My Court, My Possessions. etc,—grates upon twentieth-cen- tury ears. it has become an an-ach- ronistic form. l; exposes the mon-_ arch, among the blatant. if nexllS~ l-ble, persons who are filled with a red republicanlsm, to criticism and insinuation which, baseless and contemptlble, may thus be endowed with some allow of substance. Kins George V. is tile most democratic and copstltutional of monarchs.

it is for the Ministers who are responsible for these speeches from the throne, for the advisers.

various shades suitable

who, if they could, would erect a wall between throne and people, to consider the substitution of n form of phrase more in tune with fact and sentiment. more express- ive of the true and very happy re- lations which unite King and peo- ple. All the pomp and circumstan- ce of majesty are proper in their plBO8-—Wll9n the King-Emperor ad- dresses the llilmpireidependenoles. when function and dignity are to- wards. A reiterated "my," howev- er constitutionally correct, conveys n false and unfortunate impress-

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GOFF BROS LlMITED ' WHY

Because prices have gone up twice since last summer and sn- otlier sdlvsuc! i; certain because the manufacturers have 'on March 1st advanced all prices twenty per cent and this will moon

in the retail trade.

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An extra large shipment of these materials are , now for inspection. Without a doubt we have t the best selection in the city. Our ginghams come in very pretty plaids and neat checks of

wear, 35¢ and 65¢ per yard. Figured Voiles $1.95 per yard. ,

S. A. MacD0nald’s by

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Buy st Got! Bros, Ltd, because you are write Consolidated 00's rubber; st prices often charged for

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of 44, and 46. As we procured these suits 1 1 at the old prices will sell them at special ‘ 0 ' value for ....$35-00 _ J o ' h ' ‘E $3.50 for Meu’s Pants » E This is the biggest of fer we have been able > t; to put before the pub lic for some time.» I.

Come and get a pair. t. ’ Giugllauis and Voiles 1

for street and house

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Ion. We submit the point, with loyal respect, for, the considera- tion of His Majesty and of Minis- ters of the Crown.

-—Z40->--—-- SEEKS EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FAVMINT

OTTAWA, March ids-Aiming to get payment for machinery and cattle supplied under the Soldiers‘ Settlement Act placed on a twenty- five year basis, the same as the land supplied to the men, T. B- Caldwell, Carleton, N. 8.. is briul-

ing a bill in the Commons. At

present the Inch have five Y?!" wltiiin which to make repayment.

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